top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
order; command; decree; (software) instruction; statement
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); just like (someone)
skill; proficiency; experience; dexterity
(really) terrible; awful; (very) nasty; (extremely) harsh; severe
even; for starters; so; therefore; judging from; based on
to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (flyers, etc.); to give out; to shake off (a pursuer, companion, etc.); to give the slip
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
what happens to one today may happen to another tomorrow; misfortunes can happen to anyone
duty; function; office; mission; task; role
stupid; foolish; idiotic; fool; idiot; blockhead
deep emotion; strong feelings
to abuse (verbally); to curse at; to shout abuse at; to speak ill of
(preliminary) meeting; face-to-face introduction; costarring; appearing together; match-up; pairing
person who died for a cause; guinea pig (for a new product or service); test subject; hitobashira; ritual human sacrifice by burying a living person under or near a large-scale construction project to invoke divine protection
comparing and adjusting; reconciling; lapping; precision surface finishing; margination
gaining time; stalling for time; time-buying
joint ownership; co-ownership; sharing (e.g. a viewpoint); sharing (files, devices on a network, posts on social media, etc.)
occasion; time; circumstances; (in) case (of); when
to meet up (as arranged); to rendezvous; to get together; to join (of roads, rivers, etc.); to flow together
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
to regard (as); to consider (to be); to deem; to look upon (as); to think of (as)
right above; just above; directly above; directly overhead
easy to deal with; tractable; manageable
to take aim (at); to set one's sights (on); to zero in (on)
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
to compete with; to argue with; to quarrel
if; when; when it comes to ...; as for ...; why don't you ...; why not ...
several steps; much (better, higher, etc.); several cuts (above)
preparations; preliminary arrangements; spade work; mise en place; groundwork
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
becoming clear; coming to light; being ascertained; being identified; being confirmed
ceiling; ceiling (e.g. of share price); ceiling price
to cause a loss; to make a hole (in)
eyesight; vision; visual acuity
to swell; to rise; to bulge; to rouse; to get excited
to find; to discover; to come across; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
difference; discrepancy; variation
short sword; knife; dagger; dirk; tantō